Word: yigal
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Eytan and Colonel Yigal Yadin, Israeli Chief of Operations, signed the 5,000-word armistice agreement. Colonels Seif edDin and Mohamed Rahmani signed for Egypt. Thus, in a smoke-filled salon of the Hotel des Roses on the island of Rhodes, peace-tentative but perhaps durable-came to the Middle East...
...Egyptian colonel: "But what about our forces at Beersheba?" Israeli officers explained that they had captured Beersheba three months before, during the last Negeb campaign. At El Arish the Israelis severely damaged three enemy airfields and captured several Egyptian Spitfires, along with Egyptian soldiers and ammunition. Said Alouf† Yigal Yadin (31), chief of military operations: "It was a good opportunity to do as much damage as possible. It is not every day that we are in Egypt. The last time was 3,400 years...